a Cholo is a first generation mexican american gang member or affiliate. the word might of came from somewhere else and we adopted it as our own form of discribing each other. Plain and simple a Cholo is someone to respect.. a modern day robin hood of the barrio, if you will.
And bad apples are in every level of class. Southern California Rifamos, y controlamos both sides of the wall. anyone calling all cholos bad is wrong and most likely got his ass kicked by one of us for talking shit........ keep talking and it might catch up to you one day.
simon buey es cholo. whats up, homie you getting all choloed up tonight, for the big bolo? Where you cholos going?
A (in my opinion) sexy hispanic gangster with a bald head, goatee, tattoo's and baggy clothing. Whom everyone is afraid of be it blacks, whites, asians, Cholo's are very tough looking and are tough you don't wanna mess with one, they'll end up putting a bullet in your head before you know it.
While most North Americans know cholo as Mexican slang, it's also a common term among Cantonese-speaking Chinese and Chinese-Americans, particularly those from Hong Kong. It connotes a coarse or rough male, usually in his teens or early twenties. Oddly, it's pronounced exactly the same.
Me (peruvian) and my (colombian)friend agree that cholo is a term used for poor, stupid, native people of the Andes Mountains. They have nothing to do with Mexican culture (especialy "gangsters")
a cholo is the Mexican/American and the culture after the zootzooter generation of the 1930's 40's 50's and today. I am a cholo and in my third year into motion picture and video major and I have never been in a gang. A cholo is a member of a culture.